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LOT 0070
Egyptian Hardstone Necklace with Amulets
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1295 B.C.
16 1/2 in. (17.45 grams, 42 cm).
Spherical, bicone, and tubular stone beads with a vessel, and two cornflower amulets, restrung with a modern clasp fitting.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Lacovara, P., and Markowitz, Y.J., Jewels of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Treasures from the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA, 2020, pp. 132-133, no. 1, for a necklace utilising a similar array of carnelian beads.
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